Morganton, nc

Participating artists:

Emily Roberts

Ian Brownlee

Kiana Mui

Sachi Dely

Shaina Manuel

Buffy Taylor

Jamil Burton

DeNeer Davis,

Darlene J. McClinton

Mia Loia

Kendra Williford.

Murals designed by Darlene J. McClinton, Ian Brownlee and Kiana Mui.

2023

TOSS and the Industrial Commons

After two years of planning and fundraising, TOSS and The Industrial Commons partnered with the  Community Mural Institute to lead this project, training 12 artists from across the Carolinas and installing 3 community murals. Each mural highlights a distinct community within Burke County — Southeast Asian Americans, African Americans and essential workers. Themes for the murals were inspired by a student-led, oral history project documenting communities in Burke County, resulting in an oral history database now archived on the TOSS website. The artist participants designed and painted the murals mentored by Greta McLain of GoodSpace Murals and Britt Ruhe of Common Wealth Murals.